Usually means: Makes someone more likely susceptible.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word predisposes:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. predisposes: Merriam-Webster
  2. predisposes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. predisposes: Vocabulary.com
  4. predisposes: Wordnik
  5. predisposes: Wiktionary
  6. predisposes: Dictionary.com
  7. predisposes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. predisposes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. predisposes: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. predisposes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. predisposes: Medical dictionary

(Note: See predispose as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (predispose)

verb:  To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
verb:  To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
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